Chapter 558 There is not much time, and great changes are imminent

"Sanlang has turned over this year, and he is already 21 years old. Seeing that Golang wants to be a father, Qilang also wants to marry. He can't indulge his nature and fool around. What on earth is the emperor's plan? In the view of the mourning family, it is better to say that Sanlang will no longer embarras people with Shangyuan's sixth granddaughter.

The Empress Dowager's little illness was no longer a big obstacle. Instead, the emperor coughed repeatedly and said after a long break, "The two legitimate daughters of Duke Wei, one is the princess and the other is the future princess of Chu. In my opinion, my aunt will not want to let her granddaughter marry into the royal family again, which is too much involved."

The Empress Dowager did not really have the idea of making Su Liu Niang become the third prince's concubine. King Fu has no mother's support, and the Su family is not a greedy family. Otherwise, the eldest princess would not have let her eldest granddaughter marry King Fu who has no ambition or reliance. She is worried that the prince has been depressed since the Zhen family was abolished, and his behavior has become more lazy and ridiculous, although After the emperor's reprimand, he has been slightly restrained recently, and his talent is still weak compared with three or four princes.

I have to say that the empress dowager knew her own son very well and faintly sensed that the emperor had the idea of Yi Chu. The crown princess decided to further win over the Wei family. It was not to mention that this was originally the prince's power. The prestige of the Wei family alone used to rely on Jin Rongzhong. At this time, it relied on the Duke of Wei, and its own influence was limited. .

The Empress Dowager's consideration is different from that of the emperor. She believes that although the crown prince is weak, he has the assistance of "wise ministers" - like the Yan family, the Su family, etc., which is enough to maintain the stability of the country, political harmony.

On the contrary, once the direct leader is abolished and wise, it will lead to the wall between the princes, and all forces will compete for it, which is another bloody storm.

It is obvious that the emperor has a good view of the Su family, and it is not too much to say that it has reached its prosperity - not to mention the in-laws of the Su family, only the Duke of Wei is in charge of the Kyoto imperial army, and Su Ke is in charge of the household department. Su Yi is a cabinet bachelor who is involved in important government affairs. Su Ming's high school will become a new noble. Su Xun, the son of the world, was also transferred to the Hanlin Academy and often drafted edict beside the car. Both civil and military have occupied all the important positions.

If the emperor pushed the boat, he promised to marry the third prince and Su Liuniang, which shows that the holy heart is biased towards the third prince.

The Empress Dowager was slightly relieved and said, "The seven maids of Qin Xiangfu, I thought she was extraordinary, and I thought she could meet Sanlang's wishes..."

"Regardless of Sanlang's own will, the ambition of the Qin family will never be willing to have only one own princess in the family. As long as I move this idea, the queen is the first person who can't resist coming forward. Mother, what do you want, or tell your son clearly." Although the emperor's eyebrows were tired, his expression was not solemn and smiling.

The Empress Dowager glanced at her son and sighed, "The mourning family has a fancy to two girls, one is the second daughter of the guard, and the other is the fifth girl of the Kong family."

Not to mention the Kong family, even if their daughter becomes the third prince's concubine, it is still helped by the prince. As for the Wei family, although it is the first family, only the eldest son in the family has an official position, and the relationship with the in-lawship of the Prince Chu is not close. Even if Wei Zhao becomes the third prince's concubine, it is not enough to become the third prince to rely on the prince to compete with the crown prince. The third prince is for himself Bao, there is only one choice to assist the prince with all his heart.

At present, the Duke of Wei and the two mansions of the King of Chu are loyal to the imperial power, resulting in the real honor and disgrace of the third prince and the crown prince, and it is difficult for the fourth prince to become a climate.

The Empress Dowager is still a good tentative plan.

"The son understands the meaning of the mother." The emperor smiled and said, "Sanlang's two side concubines are all from the queen's relatives. If the imperial concubine is no longer the daughter of the Kong family, it is not good, but she is a guard. I originally intended to allow him the position of Shangshu. After two years of examination, it will also be promoted to the first grade. After May... Shangshu's eldest daughter can also be the imperial concubine."

This seems to mean that the third prince has been classified as the prince, and marrying Kong's daughter again is like drawing snakes and feet. On the contrary, it is more beneficial to marry the Wei family. A minister of the Ministry of Ceremonies is not reliable for the third prince, but the prince is like a tiger adding wings.

The emperor's determination made the empress dowager feel more at ease.

"Wei's A Zhao has also reached the time. Even if the marriage is temporarily suspended at this time, you have to be considerate, lest the Wei family set a marriage for her. The meaning of the mourning family is... or let Jing come forward."

"According to my mother's words." The emperor agreed and was about to get up, but suddenly he coughed heavily and gasped. He fell back and fainted on the kang by pressing his heart.

The Empress Dowager was shocked and fell to the ground with beads in her hand, and Mo Cui beads fell all over the ground.

"Please invite the Jiangyuan to envoy!" The Empress Dowager rushed forward, and her trembling hand held the palm of the emperor's hand. She only felt cold. Then she watched the emperor's eyes closed and his face turn blue, and her eyes suddenly turned red, but she lowered her voice and told Aunt Ru, "Don't say anything, just say it's sad and uncomfortable."

So on this day, Chen Guifei, who was well dressed and prepared, did not expect the emperor to come to Yikun Palace again. Eunuch Zhan came to report that the empress dowager suddenly felt uncomfortable and told the imperial doctor that the emperor wanted to stay in Ci'an Palace to serve the disease, so that the ladies should not go to the Ci'an Palace to disturb.

It was late at night when the emperor woke up, and only the empress dowager was still sitting withered in front of the bed, and her face could not hide her grief.

Because Jiang Qinggu said bluntly, the disease of the emperor's asthma and palpitations is aggravated, and it can last for three years in the long and a short time...

Originally, Jiang Qinggu had made an assertion in the third year of Yuanqing, but the emperor was secretly secreted due to the hidden disease and the criticality of the dragon's body, and the only one who knew it was the supreme mother and son.

At present, the deadline is approaching.

"The mother, my son is unfilial..." In the winter of the old year, the emperor's asthma was frequent. This time, he suddenly fainted, which was a critical omen. The emperor had foreseen that one day, he would die suddenly like the emperor's emperor, but he could not escape his life, but the emperor was really difficult to feel at ease, and the reform of the official system had just been pushed. OK, the emerging forces are still difficult to become a climate, and the more important crown prince... He has not been able to successfully hand over the power of the empire to his favorite son.

The emperor gasped and couldn't help causing another sudden cough, which seemed to relieve the tightness in his chest and make his breathing slightly smooth.

When the Empress Dowager saw this, she couldn't help crying and clenching her weak son's warm palm: "Xiaer, my child..." Many words turned into choking.

"Mother is relieved, son... I... haven't given up yet." Although the emperor's palm was cold, there was a bright sweat on his forehead. He forced himself to sit up: "Mother, this matter can't be publicized."

The Empress Dowager nods heavily: "Don't worry... It's about my repeated illness. You stay in Ci'an Palace to serve the disease. Xian'er, you are here tonight, and your mother will accompany you."

At this time, Jiang Qinggu, who was waiting outside the warm pavilion, heard that the emperor was awakened, and was led in by his aunt Ru, and pressed with a needle.

"Can I stick to this situation tomorrow?"

Jiang Qinggu knelt down and said, "The emperor is suffering from asthma, which causes heart palpitations and fainting. Although it is critical, once it slows down, it will be unimped for the time being."

Of course, if the treatment is not urgent, it may lead to sudden death, but there is no need for Jiang Qinggu to say this directly.

The emperor gasped heavily: "That's good." But he raised his eyelids slightly, took a look at the figure of the empress dowager reflected on the screen outside, and then suppressed his voice a little: "Jiang Yuanshi, at least buy me another year, can you do it?"

"Weichen... take the order." Jiang Qinggu crawled down and kowtowed without hesitation.

The emperor smiled and said, "Jiang Aiqing's temperament is very suitable for me. He is not like those trembling medical officers. He dares not promise a word. It's all nonsense."

In the first month of the ninth year of Yuanqing, the emperor suddenly fainted, but this matter did not spread. The next day, in the early morning, no one in the Manchu Dynasty noticed that the emperor was sick. No one expected that the third emperor of Dalong would not be at dusk, but there was much time.

The snow in the first month gradually became a mystery. For this reason, Taihemen listened to the government for two days, and no one suspected that it was because the emperor needed to rest.

The third prince's mansion, a quiet courtyard, where the snow lowered Ke Zhi.

Xue Dongchang walked quickly with a cold breath. He hastily told his own soldiers in front of the door not to let the idleness approach. He lifted the curtain and went in. At a glance, he saw that on the big kang near the window, the third prince was dressed in a moon-white robe, leaning diagonally against a few, and holding a roll of military books in his hand.

"Your Highness, the scholar surnamed Han has finally arrived in Kyoto, and his subordinates have placed him in the outer city." Xue Dongchang couldn't wait to report.

The third prince raised his eyebrows when he heard the words, turned over and sat up: "Okay, it's finally here."

"What should we do next?" Xue Dongchang asked.

"No hurry, wait for the opportunity." The third prince patted the scroll on the kang: "Dongchang, you are full of doubts these days. Today, I will give you a chance to ask directly if you have something to say."

Xue Dongchang was overjoyed. He really wanted to break his head and couldn't figure out of the third prince's plan. He couldn't help sitting in the chair on one side, but for a moment he didn't know where to start. He became anxious and was guided by the third prince: "Do you think that compared with those local officials who are greedy for national wealth, I take Hu Shizhong as Is it a little difficult for the magistrate who forcibly occupied the women to avoid the weight? It's a threat to Lao Si.

Commander Xue can only nod.

"I ask you, if there is no sacred oracle, will the local officials and government be surpassed? Even if I give the evidence to the prince, he is useless and has to operate it by the queen. How can he not know the prince's ability? The queen is even more cunning and will not bear the charge of political affairs. In the final analysis, the hat of secretly observing government affairs has to fall on my head. How can I explain it?

"But Your Highness does not claim that the emperor belongs to you..."

"No matter what I want, I am not the crown prince at present. Even if I am the crown prince, my own decision will cause my father's dissatisfaction. The king's power is not to provoke, and I must pay attention to the limits... Compared with those serious crimes, I happened to meet Pan'er in the government of Pinan County and knew that his biological mother was raped to death by Hu Shizhong, so I secretly observed Hu Shizhong's selfishness. Corruption, then do evil deeds to harm the people, and secretly help the victim collect criminal evidence and enter Beijing to sue the treacherous officials. The situation is reasonable from the above. It is not only premeditated, but also in line with the degree of ministers. In addition, the father hates the evil officials most, which may be more important than those who corrupt national wealth.

It should be noted that local officials are far away from Kyoto and claim that they do not need to be afraid of harm civilians at all, but they should be cautious about corruption. It is not easy to detect. If the third prince submit evidence of corruption, it will definitely reveal that he has been premeditated and has a wide range of connections. The queen is taboo. Yes, it is difficult to guarantee that the emperor will not be careful. If you are not careful, you will become self-defeating. It is not easy to do things. In contrast, it is simpler to expose a magistrate's bullying, and it is not easy to attract taboos.

"But my subordinates are still unclear. Even if they are convicted of Hu Shizhong's crime, whether it involves the Qin family or the Chen family, the worst thing is that they are misre recommending. How can they hurt the fourth prince at all? Only when it comes to the felony of corruption and a string of people involved in pulling weeds and mud will the fourth prince protect the party members and achieve the purpose of attracting him into the urn. Xue Dongchang still has doubts.

After so many years, this cronin was still a little smart. The third prince was very complacent about his "teaching" and secretly thought that he did not intend to hit the fourth brother at all, but said, "That's why I said to wait for the opportunity. In my opinion, my father is unbearable to the prince and will take action recently."

Xue Dongchang's heart is surging: "The emperor wants to discuss the abolition of the crown prince!"

"Simple mind!" The third prince laughed and said, "I really can't believe that you are Xue Guoxiang's nephew."

Seeing Xue Dongchang scratching his head, the third prince said again: "The empress dowager is bound to protect the prince. It is not that others understand that it is because she is inferior to the emperor and the common people are inferior. That is the saying that the empress dowager suppressed the Jin concubine and King Kang at the beginning. The queen's surname is Kong is not Yan, and the crown prince is the concubine empress dowager and does not pay much attention to it, but the old four are powerful, and the queen is Baotai If the son can hold power, he must pull the situation of the empress dowager, and the status of the strict family can be preserved.

Xue Dongchang understands that the Yan family is closely related to the Su family. Don't look at the Qin family's appearance of friendship with these two factions. If the fourth prince is really allowed to seize the crown prince, he will rule the world in the future, and Qin Xiang will definitely suppress the Su and Yan families.

Only adhere to the direct orthodoxy and subdue the four princes in etiquette.

"The empress dowager is the father's biological mother. The father has to take care of the Yan family, so he will not ask for no reason to raise the abolition of the reserve. She will pay attention to the ways and methods. She should first let Lao Si take the lead in pointing to point to the prince, end up both sides, clean up the fourth party, and then discuss the abolition of the crown prince... In order to appease the empress dowager, my position as the imperial concubine can only be Yan's direct daughter."

At present, several older nieces and granddaughters of the Empress Dowager have been married, and they are not yet ready to marry.

"But the emperor has allowed the Wei family..." The empress dowager clearly knew about it and warned the third prince not to be capricious. Xue Dongchang was confused.

"It's just a delaying strategy and blindfolding the eyes. It's not the empress dowager that the emperor wants to confuse at this time, but the empress and the noble concubine, so I think the emperor has taken action recently and will not be late for May." The third prince smiled gently: "When Lao Si and the prince fight each other, my marriage will inevitably be delayed again. I didn't explain it with the Wei family. I just hinted that it would not be a big deal to change at that time."

Xue Dongchang thought for a long time and was always confused: "I'm sorry for being stupid. I really can't figure out how Hu Shizhong caused the defeat of both the prince and the fourth prince."

The third prince sighed and was very sad and indignant about the essence of Xue Dongchang's Yumu's head.